Does PFA transcardial perfusion artefactually stretch the rodent heart?

Hi everyone I'm comparing aorta/ventricle wall thickness of mouse. Perfusion was done to minimise auto fluorescence during confocal IF. Question is whether transcardial perfusion artefactually...

28 October 2020 8,059 2 View

Is this typical lymphocyte, the flower cells?

21 September 2020 4,107 3 View

Which is better in determining the effectiveness of artificial licks for wildlife detection in forested areas?

Hello, I'm planning for my future research study on artificial salt lick. The study site that I've selected for this study has been confirmed with no presence of natural salt lick, thus I plan to...

02 August 2020 5,609 1 View

What statistical tests can I perform on glycomics data collected from disease cohort across 3 timepoints?

I have a dataset comprising clinical characteristics and glycomics profiles of disease samples (n=100+) and matched healthy controls. So far, I have been able to do classification modeling to...

20 July 2020 2,153 3 View

0.5M EDTA buffer preparation: Why does it turn into milky white foam-like mixture?

I am making 200ml of 0.5M EDTA, pH8. I mixed 29.22g EDTA (MW: 292.24g/mol) with 100ml distilled water first (planning to add up to 200ml after measuring pH). I was adding NaOH pellet into the...

03 June 2020 4,581 3 View

How to grow SnO2 nanorods on FTO substrate using hydrothermal method?

i try to immerse SnO2 thin film cotaed-FTO substrate on aqueous solutions (DI water, ethanol and small amount of HCl ), and the experiment is carried out inside lab oven with the temperature of 90...

12 January 2020 4,419 4 View

Which is the best instrument to measure social competence in 12-year-old children?

i am having difficulties in choosing the one and best suitable instrument of social competence for the 12-year-old children. i am planning to combine different questionnaires to measure it, but...

11 December 2019 1,591 3 View

Apart from western blot, what are the other tests that can be used to determine expression of autophagy-related proteins ?

I would like to know if there are other options that requires less cost.

09 July 2019 6,974 2 View

Social competence scale for grandparents-raising grandchildren?

Hi, I am Hoon. I am currently working on my master thesis on grandparenting and its influences on child's social competence. i failed to find suitable child social competence scale for 12-year-old...

28 March 2019 8,832 3 View

How do I minimize exposure to room air just after exposure to hypoxia?

I am planning an lab study on effect of hypoxia on glucose metabolism of cancer cell. For hypoxia exposure, I am considering anaerobic chamber system. My concern is that if I use this chamber,...

14 March 2019 7,641 8 View

Gel electrophoresis result for total RNA samples, 1.5 Agarose gel was used, How to improve the integrity of RNA?

Gel electrophoresis, RNA degradation, RNA extraction from fresh tissue

02 March 2021 5,433 5 View

Problem with shRNA transfection. Why are only two plates getting contaminated instead of all?

I transfected my LNCaP-WT cells with 3 shRNA plus their NTC two weeks ago and split two puromycin selected cell plates on Friday last week(Feb 26). I checked for GFP in the cells, and they all...

28 February 2021 4,949 3 View

Any specific pipeline or parameter to analyse total transcriptomics study of brain tissue samples?

I have two groups of brain samples, control and treated for example. It was total RNA nova seq sequencing. I tried all the available pipeline like: star+rsem+deseq2, Hista+stringtie+cuffdiff,...

27 February 2021 356 6 View

Why is the efficiency of viral mRNA electroporation in PBMC low?

Hello, I have been struggling with the electroporation of PBMC with HIV-I mRNA. Although the quality of the RNA generated is good, and the handling of the cells in meticulous, the frequency of...

27 February 2021 9,233 3 View

What is the best concentration of cDNA to be used for qPCR?

I have synthesised cDNA from 500ng/ul of RNA. The concentration of the cDNA Is about 5000ng/ul. Should I dilute my cDNA or just use it as it is for my qPCR? I usually use 2ul of cDNA for a 20ul...

24 February 2021 8,618 3 View

Recommendations on homogenizers for RNA isolation?

I will be performing RNA isolation with frozen lung biopsy samples and am in the market for a tissue homogenizer. I am wanting a homogenizer that will fit in a 1.5ml tube. I was looking at the...

24 February 2021 3,623 3 View

RNA-seq DEGs downstream analysis and reporting in literature?

I used EdgeR to get the list of DEGs (differentially expressed genes) from my liver RNA-seq experiment. I have done the gene overrepresentation and GSEA based pathway analysis. I am currently...

23 February 2021 8,969 1 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View

RNA degraded after good nanodrop readings?

23 February 2021 8,850 2 View

How to best wash a 96-well plate containing microplastic?

I am planning my protocol for my dissertation for an experiment quantifying bacterial (E. coli) biofilm formation on micro-plastic (5mm discs of polyethylene bags) by conducting a crystal violet...

23 February 2021 7,868 2 View